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Collage Task http://www.crinid.com/inspiration/ecltectic-
method-visual-mash-up-artists
Play — the capacity to
experiment with one’s
surroundings as a form
of problem-solving
Appropriation — the ability to meaningfully
sample and remix media content
Judgment — the ability to evaluate
the reliability and credibility of
different information sources
Distributed Cognition
— the ability to
interact meaningfully
with tools that
expand mental
capacities
Aim
• Practical task• Factual knowledge• Reflective exercise• Research component• Skills progression for Q1a (log what you do)• Personal perspective
Task – Mash-Up• Plan and create your own collage that presents your view to this
question:
• To what extent does the media offer a range of representations of immigrants?
• Produce an A3 print*, which combines scanned images, photographs, painting, quotes. Use layering and other suitable Photoshop techniques. Your picture should represent your view. It can be emotional, it can be expressive, it should be personal
• *Some of you might decide to make a mash-up video
Ingredients
• Theory PP• Newspaper headlines/articles – broadsheet
and tabloid• Your notes• New – images, text, other quotation, tweets,
UGC
Plan
• Get all individual material together• Write a short paragraph that would
accompany your collage:
• In this collage Perera presents his view of media representations on the topic of immigration….
Mash-upApps:• https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/pic-collag
e/id448639966?mt=8
• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.forgottensystems.collagefree&hl=en
• https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/instacollage-pro-pic-frame/id530957474?mt=8
• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinypiece.android.ipf&hl=en
• Tumblr• http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/collage%
20art
• Flickr• http://www.flickr.com/groups/
visualmashups/
A digital mashup is a digital media document containing any or all of text, graphics, audio, video and animation drawn from pre-existing, third-party sources, to create a new derivative work.
While questioning the law, mashups are also questioning the very act of creation. Are the artists creating when they use other individuals' work? How will artists prove their creative input?
Source: Wikipedia
Mash up artists
• Still image - http://howdyinc.com/buzz/?p=106
• Video collage – • http://www.crinid.com/inspiration/ecltectic-
method-visual-mash-up-artists
Robert Rauschenberg
John Heartfield
Tumblr
Photoshop skills
• Layers• Cropping and resizing• Placement• Blending options• Stamping• Colour• Text